Other known recruits Gray Smith, Nicolas Hamilton and Craig Newman are partners as well.

Two non-executive directors have also been identified: Mary Reilly, a former audit partner at Deloitte where she was also head of charities; and Martin Walton, chief executive of life-sciences specialist Excalibur Fund Managers.

Walton is responsible for Excalibur’s investment and business activities, having joined the company in 2011 after a 25-year career as an investment banker and investor in medical and other sectors.

He has run private-equity portfolios and hedge funds with assets in excess of £4 billion, and also worked extensively with sovereign wealth funds.

Reilly is additionally a non-executive member of the Department for Transport’s board, and was previously chair of the London Development Agency and sat on the board of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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